The BitNami Rails stack has been updated for rails 3.2. It can be deployed using a native installer, as a virtual machine or in the cloud, and includes pretty much everything you'd want in a Rails environment except for a butler to go run your errands while you're in the zone.

DCI has become a hot topic in Rails, largely because some of the language features in Ruby make it a compelling choice for code organization. In this article, Mike Pack describes how DCI isn't just a code organization choice, but goes all the way into influencing the 'mental model' your users have of the application. He also talks about performance considerations, which has been absent from most of the DCI discussions to date.

Sometime between travellng the world to speak at conferences and teaching newcomers to be Ruby Ninjas, Jeff Casimir has found the time to release Draper 1.1. This release includes performance tweaks and compatibility with CanCan, among other stuff.

Ok, so you might not need to build the next EngineYard website, but if you've ever had a common set of design assets (css/javascript/images/partials/etc) and wanted to bundle them up so you're not just blindly copying files across projects, rip this project apart and learn how it works.

This was supposed to be a closing shoutout to friend-of-the-show Jim Gay who is hosting an Unconference in Arlington, VA next month. The next story was added so this got bumped into the main story lineup.

Would-you-like-to-play-a-game? Global-thermo-tic-tac-toe? Yes! This week, the Minimax game AI algorithm, some Sinatra goodies and Factory Girl goes meta. We also talk about Hobson and a solid programming tip to boot.